Former Portland mayoral candidate Eileen Brady famously declared she'd down steamed kale and miso soup for her last meal, if given the option.

Portland Commissioner Nick Fish may stop short of that gluten-free extreme.

But spend any amount of time at City Hall these days and it will be hard to escape the fact that Fish, 53, has become somewhat health obsessed in recent months. And it's rubbing off. City Council meetings now feature frequent jokes and asides among commissioners regarding diet and exercise.

Since February, Fish says he's lost 30 pounds and dropped two suit sizes by cutting out junk from his diet and hitting the gym regularly. This week, he swapped in a new portrait of himself on his official city website to highlight the change. And he expects to keep it up. His staff now schedules regular workout time for Fish during the day. He gets to City Hall early, he says, so he has time to squeeze it all in. "I feel 20 years younger," he said Thursday. "If I can do this, I'm actually encouraged anyone can."

Leonard, 60, knows that firsthand. He used to be the diet and exercise guru around City Hall. Three years ago, after he started running regularly, he lost 35 to 40 pounds, he said.

He joked Thursday that he wasn't happy about sharing the weight-loss title with Fish: "I'm green with envy, resentful. I feel like he's invading my space. I owned this pedestal for a long time on my own, and now I have to share it."